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February 11, 1952, Page 1 The New York Times Archives

ELIZABETH, N. J., Monday, Feb. 11 -- A four-engine National Airlines plane, bound for Miami, Fla., with at least sixty-two persons aboard, crashed into a thickly populated residential area of this city at 12:21 o'clock this morning, setting a fifty-family apartment house afire.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

A version of this archives appears in print on February 11, 1952, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: DC-6'S MOTOR FAILS; Miami-Bound Craft Goes Into Dive, Hits House, Lands in Street PLANE SPLITS APART Many in the Tail Section Saved -- Wings Just Miss Orphanage PLANE, 62 ABOARD, FALLS IN ELIZABETH. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe